340 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Species." A Portrait of the late Mr. Samuel James Capper is also 

 included. 



Manchester Entomological Society. Tenth Annual Report and Trans- 

 actions. 1912. Pp. 1-49. Published by the Society. 

 Among the contents are two papers — "Notes on the Life-History 

 of the Leaf-Insect (Pidchriphy Ilium crurifolium, Serv.) and the 

 Mantis {Sphodromantis bioculata, Burm.)," by Mr. H. S. Leigh ; and 

 " Notes on the Actias Group of Saturnidae and Descriptions of Two 

 New Genera," by Mr. J. Henry Watson. There is also a plate, from 

 a photograph by Mr. E. Tait, Junr., on which are shown twelve 

 interesting aberrations of Abraxas grossulariata. The descriptive 

 letterpress accompanying the plate is by Mr. B. H. Crabtree. 



Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society for the Session 1912-13. With ten plates. Pp. i-xvii 

 and 1-154. Published at the Society's Eooms, Hibernia 

 Chambers, London, S.E. 



There are several papers of very great interest to entomologists 

 in this excellent volume. Among them the following may be 

 mentioned: — "Varietal Names" (pp. 1-6, plates i.-iii.), by Robert 

 Adkin, F.E.S. ; " Labelling Entomological Specimens " (pp. 7-12), by 

 R. Adkin ; " The Genus Ccenonympha " (pp. 13-20), by A. E. Gibbs, 

 F.L.S., E.E.S. ; " Notes on Earwigs " (pp. 21-27, plates iv., v.), by 

 W. J. Lucas, B.A., E.E.S. ; "Mimicry in Coleoptera" (pp. 28-38, 

 plates viii.-x.), by C. J. Gahan, M.A., F.E.S. ; and " An Outline of 

 the Generic Types of British Lepidopterous Ova, with some excep- 

 tions " (pp. 46-59), by A. E. Tonge, F.E.S. The latter forms part of 

 the " Annual Address." 



The three figures on plate vii. depict remarkable beetle larvae 

 exhibited by Mr. C. J. Gahan; and two specimens of Pieris napi var. 

 bryonice are shown on plate vi. 



A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By John E. Robson, F.E.S. Vol. ii. — 

 Micro-Lepidoptera. Part ii. — Tineina and Pterophorina. Index 

 to Vol. ii. Edited by John Gardner, F.E.S. Pp. i-vi and 

 107-289. London : Williams & Norgate. 1913. 



In this instalment — the final one — of the important Catalogue of 

 Northumberland and Durham Lepidoptera compiled by the late Mr. 

 Robson, three hundred and ninety-seven species belonging to the 

 Tineina and fifteen species of Pterophorina are enumerated. Valuable, 

 often copious, notes accompany each entry. 



The part now under notice, together with part i. (published in 

 1905), forms vol. xv. of the ' Natural History Transactions of 

 Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.' It includes 

 an Introduction by Mr. Gardner, also indexes to genera and species, 

 and a portrait of the author of the Catalogue. 



